The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-28

reached the threshold she found him sti
and cold In death, and beyond him, furtt
or on In the room, lay bis wife on tn
iioor also dead. The woman lost no tim
IN raisIng an alarm, and the proper gu
thorities were soon notified. "A phyaiciau
alter carefully examining the bodies, test
ihed that from what he could diacoye
there were no indications Of foul play, b,
either violence or poison, and that thi
deaths probably resulted from natura
causes. A close search OF the house onl,
served to complicate the case. No MONEY
was found, and only ono OF the eeyera
bonds known 10 be in existence was un
eatthed, while the confused condition O
the papers, etc., led some to believe tha,
the house had been plundered ; but II thif
was done 1t was evidently done after the
death Of the old people. /
A FIRE broke out in the cooper shop Of
the Hope Salt Company, located at Mason
City, last Thursday night, which caused d
loss of 5000. No insurance. The com.
pany had between fifteen and twenty
thousand barrels Of salt stored in their
sheds, which Is total loss. The fire was
caused through carelessness OF coopers.
who failed to extinguish the fire used In
heating barrels. It was thought at one
time that half the town would be destroy
ell, as q high wind prevailed, raining
sparks thick and fast over the whole
town. The Hope Company is one OF the
largest salt companies in the bend, It
will throw about seventy.fve mon out Of
employment. 4' - rsT
Thursday evening Ripley, the county
seat Of Jackson county, was visited by a
whirlwind. About half.past 4 ominous
clouds, trimmed with a crimson and
green, began to make their appearance in
the western horizon and at 5 o'clock a
semi.darkness settled on the town; the
wind that had been blowing a steady gale
increased In fury, flying shingles darkened
the air, and frightened citizens were seen
Tying to their homes for safety. At 6
o'clock the cyclone had reached it's great
est force, and coming from the northwest
struck the corner OF the court house roof.
The corner OF the roof was lifted by the
iorce Of the tornado, and was for mo-
ment held up clear Of the brick wall, when
the wind eeemed to fll the space
Ss"SSA sdo SOult IUUm CellluX
and the roof, and in an instant
the heavy timbers wrenched and twisted
as II they were mere splinters, leaving the
brick walls forming the west end Of the
building, a space Of about so by 30 feet,
without support, exposed to the force OF
the wind, and soon the gable cama crash.
Ing in on the floor OF the court room,
bearing the first tidings Of danger to the
family Of the jailer, who came, panic
stricken, from the rear entrance to the
jail. narrowly escaping the fall OF the re-
manning portion Of the brick wall from
the cornice to the stone work, composing
the first story Of the building, but luckily
escaping without injury. Tho main por-
ton Of the heavy timbers composing the
ROOT, was carried diagonally across in the
direction Of the fre-proof offices south Of
the court house, crashing through the
ROOT, breaking the heavy iron rafters,
forcing the iron ceiling on the inside and
covering the floor OF the room occupied by
the County Clerk with broken timbers
and debris. Fortunately, no one was in
at the time, otherwise it would have been
a miracle to escape. The cases contain.
ing the records are not injured, and with
the exception Of the roof, the damage is
light. The damage done to the building
amounted to about 81 900. ~. ),